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Re: The Overwhelming Smell of a Coworker and dog tests
Subject:Re: The Overwhelming Smell of a Coworker and dog tests From:"Brierley, Sean" <Brierley -at- QUODATA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:02:24 -0400
I tried just pressing the delete key . . . but . . ..
I am actually seeing this tread on techwr-l??????
Y'know, when my dog gets wet he gets that stinky dog smell. So, I ask my
prospective employees whether they use a 30-06 or .303 sniper rifle from the
bell tower to fix the problem. This lets me fix the stinky dog problem
while, simultaneously, determining whether the interviewee has the right
level of mental stability and get-it-done attitude for my company. I call it
"multimedia multitasking" (multimedia because I have added the dimension of
smell to my spoken words).
I won't even get into the issue of religion and co-workers . . ..
C'mon guys . . ..
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Virgil Jones [mailto:virgil_jones -at- EMAIL -dot- COM]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 11:37 AM
>>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>>Subject: Re: The Overwhelming Smell of a Coworker
>>>
>>>
>>>I once had to work in the same cubical with two people who
>>>considered personal hygene a waste of time.
>>>
>>>One was a Rasterfarian who bathed his hair in something so
>>>obnoixous I can't tell you because it would seem outragous
>>>and the other was a man from India who ate curry on a daily
>>>basis. The smell of it leaked from his pours and could be so
>>>overwhelming that others in the office would stand as far
>>>away from the man as possible.